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EmBootKit User GuidePartition Manager

Partition ManagerContents

1. About the Partition Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. How to start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. How to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3.1. Exit the Partition Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2. Initialize partition table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3. Create partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.4. Format existing partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5. Backup partition to image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.6. Restore partition from image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.7. Direct copying of partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.8. Change MBR partition type or GPT partition instance/type GUID or label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.9. Wipe entire partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.10. Wipe free space in partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.11. Delete partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Emergency Boot Kit User GuidePartition Manager

1. About the Partition Manager

1. About the Partition ManagerPartition Manager is a component of Emergency Boot Kit which can be used to initialize partition tables; create, format, delete, wipe partitions; and toedit partition metadata. Also Partition Manager can backup partition to image file, restore partition from image file, and copy partition-to-partitiondirectly. Also Partition Manager can wipe free space in partition (to prevent restoring of recenly deleted files).

When saving partition image, user can trade speed for size and vice versa. Partition image files are stored in open format (gzip or lzma2/xzip) so theycan be restored with third-party tools if necessary. Marked-as-free-in-filesystem blocks are stored in partition image files in zero-filled form for bettercompression and processing time.

Partition Manager supports both GPT and MBR formats of partition table.

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2. How to start

2. How to startAfter booting, Emergency Boot Kit displays its mainmenu.

To start the Partition Manager, press the F6 key orclick mouse on Partition manager line.

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3. How to3.1. Exit the Partition Manager

3. How to3.1. Exit the Partition Manager

To exit editor, press Ctrl+F10 or Esc.

Alternatively, you can click Quit menu item.

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3. How to3.2. Initialize partition table

3.2. Initialize partition table

Click Initialize partition table (MBR/GPT)or press Ctrl+F1 in the main menu.

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Choose newly attached physical disk and the type ofpartition table you want to initialize: either MBR orGPT.

If chosen physical disk already has a partition table,Partition Manager won’t destroy existing partitions.

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Progress window will look like this.

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If partition table has been initialized normally, thenyou should see window like this.

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3. How to3.3. Create partition

3.3. Create partition

Click Create partition or press Ctrl+F2 in themain menu.

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Choose container disk of new partition and set itssize in bytes. Common suffixes are supported (K forkilo, M for mega, G for giga, T for tera, P for peta).

Then click Next> or press Enter.

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If you are Windows user, normally you want newpartition formatted as NTFS.

Set appropriate option, then click Next> or pressEnter.

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If partition has been created normally, then youshould see window like this.

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3. How to3.4. Format existing partition

3.4. Format existing partition

Click Format partition or press Ctrl+F3 in themain menu.

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Choose partition from the dropdown list, then choosepartition type. Click Next> or press Enter.

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If partition contains any files or folders, then warninglike this will be displayed.

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If partition was formatted normally, then you shouldsee window like this.

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3. How to3.5. Backup partition to image file

3.5. Backup partition to image file

Click Backup partition/disk to image fileor press Ctrl+F4 in the main menu.

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Choose source partition and click [...] button tospecify destination image file.

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Choose destination drive and folder, enterdestination file name. Then press Enter or click OKbutton.

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Choose compression type, then press Enter or clickNext>.

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If partition was saved normally, then you should seewindow like this.

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3. How to3.6. Restore partition from image file

3.6. Restore partition from image file

Click Restore partition/disk from imagefile or press Ctrl+F5 in the main menu.

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Click [...] button to specify destination image file.

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Choose source drive, folder and file. Then pressEnter or click OK button.

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Choose destination partition, then press Enter orclick Next>.

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If destination partition contains any files or folders,then warning like this will be displayed.

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If partition was restored normally, then you shouldsee window like this.

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3. How to3.7. Direct copying of partitions

3.7. Direct copying of partitions

Click Direct copy: partition-to-partitionor disk-to-disk or press Ctrl+F6 in the mainmenu.

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Choose source and destination partition from drop-down lists. Destination partition must be no smallerthan source partition.

Then press Enter or click Next> button.

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If partition was duplicated normally, then you shouldsee window like this.

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3. How to3.8. Change MBR partition type or GPT partition instance/type GUID or label

3.8. Change MBR partition type or GPTpartition instance/type GUID or label

Click Edit partition metadata (MBR type,active flag, etc) or press Ctrl+F7 in the mainmenu.

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Choose partition from drop-down list.

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Here is how MBR partition metadata edit windowlooks like.

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Here is how GPT partition metadata edit windowlooks like.

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If partition metadata was edited successfully, thenyou should see window like this.

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3. How to3.9. Wipe entire partition

3.9. Wipe entire partition

Click Wipe partition/disk or free space orpress Ctrl+F8 in the main menu.

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Choose Wipe entire partition option in thiswindow, then press Enter or click Next>.

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Choose wipe level (normal or paranoid) according toyour preferences.

Then press Enter or click Next>.

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If partition was wiped successfully, then you shouldsee window like this.

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3. How to3.10. Wipe free space in partition

3.10. Wipe free space in partition

Click Wipe partition/disk or free space orpress Ctrl+F8 in the main menu.

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Choose Wipe free space option in this window,then press Enter or click Next>.

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Choose wipe level (normal or paranoid) according toyour preferences.

Then press Enter or click Next>.

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If free space in partition was wiped successfully, thenyou should see window like this.

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3. How to3.11. Delete partition

3.11. Delete partition

Click Delete partition or press Ctrl+F9 in themain menu.

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Choose partition to delete from the drop-down list

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If partition has been deleted successfully, then youshould see window like this.

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